“If they say there is no consent, there is assault”

THE Minister of Equality, Ana Redondodeclared on Tuesday that “if there was no positive and essential consent” in the case of Íñigo Errejón, there was an attack, where the courts will elucidate it thanks to the essential changes introduced in the Organic Law of Sexual Freedom. “If they say there is no consent, there is assault,” he said in statements collected by Ical.

During her visit to the headquarters of the Association for Assistance to Victims of Sexual Assault and Abuse (Adavasymt), in Valladolid, on the occasion of the group’s 30th anniversary, Redondo was questioned by the media about the statements from Sumar’s parliamentary spokesperson, who reported false information.the complaint of actress Elisa Mouliaáwho stressed that “justice will say so”, while adding that the presumption of innocence is a right for him.

Despite everything, he made it clear that the important thing was “that there is a law that protects women”. “When I say that shame has changed sides I mean women, when feeling attacked, might have assumed in the past that they would not be considered, but now, with the law in hand, their word is not questioned. “If they say there is no consent, there is aggression,” the minister said.